Category: Most Outrageous

Most Outrageous – Woman who takes job forced to box on the Job

Female Sales Employee Forced to Box on the Job–and Box a male no less! Vivian Mondello went to work as a saleswoman at a Manhattan Company in New York.  Little did 30-year-old Vivian Mondello know or imagine that she would soon be engaged in a boxing match with a male, for a promotional video for

Jill Lafler is Refused to be Allowed to Compete in the Golden Gloves

A federal judge in Michigan refused to allow Jill Lafler, 19 years old,  to compete in the Golden Gloves. Jill, a student at Lansing Community College, who has been working out with the men’s boxing team, had tried to register last month for the gloves but was turned down. She appealed and Ingham County Circuit

Cathy Davis: The Big White Hype – 1979

By Jack Newfield – Published November 1979 – Volume. One – Originally printed in the VOICE Vol. XXIII No. 41 “The Weekly Newspaper of New York, October 16, 1978  Cat Davis is a kinky media phenomenon, a product of the Great American Hype Machine, just like Tiny Tim or Jerry Rubin. She has been profiled by  People

Mixed Matches from as early as 1916 to 2005

Early Reports on Mixed Boxing in 1916! One of the earliest documented materials that WBAN found was dated February 29, 1916. The article stated, “Helen Hildreth, the Lady Pugilist, was having the best of it in a mixed fight with Johnny Atkinson when Police and Boxing Commissioner Fred Wenck jumped into the RING and ordered